Im 



population in 1880, 274 ; attitude 

 towards Great Britain, 275, 278 ; 

 Sir Arthur Havelock's action, 278 ; 

 Anglo-Liberian Treaty of 1885, 279- 

 80 ; French aggression, 282 ; treaty 

 with France (1892), 283-4; L. and 

 the Kruboy question, 294-7 > a pl ea 

 for patience and consideration, 304 ; 

 boundary with British possessions, 

 305 ; with France, 305-6 ; L. joins 

 Convention for preservation of big 

 game, etc., 310 ; position of indi- 

 genous Negroes in L., 315 ; revenue 

 and expenditure, 1904, 335-6 ; civi- 

 lisation of, 346 ; racial composition 

 of American settlers, 346-7 ; towns 

 and population of L. (Americo- 

 Liberian), 371-2 ; religious, educa- 

 tional, political establishments, 374 

 et seq. ; national anthem, 3946 ; 

 commerce of L., 398-428 ; coffee 

 plantations of, 402 ; rainfall, 500, 502 

 et seq. ; geology and minerals of L., 

 513 et seq. ; dense forests of L., 

 534-72 ; flora of L., 570 et seq. ; 

 fauna of L., 670 et seq. ; characteristic 

 features of, 673 ; mammals of, 754-7 ; 

 birds of, 758 et seq., 785, 787 et seq. ; 

 reptiles of, 807 et seq. ; poisonous 

 snakes of, 807-12 ; fish of, 824 et 

 seq. ; molluscs, 839 ; worms, 841 ; 

 crustaceans, 842 ; spiders, insects, 

 etc., 847 et seq., 849 ; anthropology 

 and native tribes of, 884 et seq. ; 

 folklore, 1083 et seq. ; languages, 

 1091 et seq., 1136 et seq. 



Liberia and West Africa, 392 



Liberia College, 140, 236, 365, 368-9, 381-4 



Liberian Consul-General, London, 259 



Liberian Development Chartered Com- 

 pany, 300, 518, 571 



" Liberia Herald," 150, 160 



Liberian Rubber Corporation, 412, 417, 

 420, 428, 452 



LIBERIANS, AMERICO-, 7 ; struggle with 

 natives on Nov. n, 1822, 138 et seq. ; 

 relations with indigenous negroes, 219, 

 275, 298-9, 301, 315, 884; numbers 

 in 1853, 233 ; explorations of, 238-9, 

 252-4 ; antiquated system of spelling, 



253; numbers of: in 1880, 274; in. 

 1904, 340 ; in 1906, 371-2 ; character 

 of early immigrants, 341 ; civilisation 

 of Americo-Liberians, 346 ; racial 

 composition of, 346-7 ; their virtues, 

 347 ; their faults, 347-8, 354-5 ; New 

 England ideals, 363 ; advised to be- 

 come Africans, 363 ; names for local 

 birds, beasts, etc., 366, 677, 68 1, 685,. 

 702, 704, 734, 739, 747, 751, 776, 779, 

 812, 815 ; their coffee plantations,. 

 402 ; fondness for trade, 426 ; love of 

 flowers, 444 ; neglect of sanitary re- 

 gulations, 444-8 ; predilection for 

 pig-keeping, 448 ; their growth of 

 hair on head and face, 942 



LIBERIANS (NATIVE), early intercourse of, 

 with foreigners, 41 et seq., 68, 81, 91, 

 1 02 ; their present numbers and tribal 

 divisions, 884-7 '> cleanliness, 952, 

 1008 ; habit of lice-eating, 954 ;. 

 nudity, 954 ; clothing, 956-60 ; food,. 

 988-92, 994-1000 ; agriculture, 1000- 

 2 ; industries and manufactures, 1008" 

 et seq. ; fishing, hunting, 1024 ; music, 

 1026; transport, 1027; initiation cere- 

 monies, 1029 et seq. ; marriage cus- 

 toms, 1038 et seq. ; immorality, 1040 

 et seq. ; children of, 1050 et seq. ; life 

 of the natives, untouched by civilisa- 

 tion, 1054 ; death customs, 1055 et 

 seq. ; burial customs, 1058-9 ; religi- 

 ous beliefs, 1061-3 ' medicine, witch- 

 craft, 1064 et seq., ordeals, 1065 et 

 seq.', kings and chiefs, 1072 et seq.', 

 laws, 1073-5 I slavery, 1079 et seq.; 

 folklore, 1083; belief in demons and 

 spirits, 1089 ; totemism, 1090 ; lan- 

 guages, 1091 et seq. 



Libyan race (Tamasheq, Tawareq), 28,. 

 33, 342, 892 



Lighthouse, Cape Mesurado, 1 5 7, 446 



Lime (for building), 840 



Limes (Citrus), 423, 569, 584 



Limonite, 518 



Lion, the, 90, 699, 701, 1090 



Lissochilus, 544 



Listrostachys, 543-4 



Literary Societies, 390 



" Little Ben " (ship), 193 



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